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Respiratory Diseases
| Number of deaths, influenza and pneumonia combined (2003)............................................. |
64,8474 |
| Cause of death rank, influenza and pneumonia combined (2003)......................................... |
7th4 |
| Americans 18 and over with an asthma attack in past 12 months (2003) ............................. |
13,623,00049 |
| Americans under 18 with an asthma attack in past 12 months (2003).................................. |
3,975,00050 |
| Annual number of pneumonia cases (1996)....................................................................... |
4,800,00051 |
| Total cost of lung diseases.............................................................................................. |
$139.6 billion5 |
| Total direct medical costs of lung diseases....................................................................... |
$80.7 billion5 |
| Total cost of upper respiratory infections........................................................................... |
$40 billion51 |
| Total cost of asthma...................................................................................................... |
$11.3 billion-14 billion52 |
| Respiratory care differs by.............................................................................................. |
race53,54,55 |
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